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1 ## Minimum Window Sizes of Mac Apps
2
3 I use tiled window managers, and some layouts work better with smaller windows, but not all mac apps can do that so this is a collection of minimum window sizes of different apps to help me find which ones are better suited for my workflow.
4
5 I use the following thresholds:
6
7 * <= 250 = TINY
8 * > 250 and <= 400 = SMALL
9 * > 400 and <= 500 = MEDIUM
10 * > 500 <= 800 = LARGE
11 * > 800 = HUGE
12
13 ### Browsers
14 * Arc: MEDIUM, 470px
15 * Firefox: SMALL, 250px
16 * Google Chrome: MEDIUM, 500px
17 * Lagrange: MEDIUM, 425px
18 * Qutebrowser: TINY, 135px
19 * Safari: LARGE, 575px
20
21 ### Calendars and Contacts
22 * Calendar: LARGE, 639px
23 * Cardhop: SMALL, 350px
24 * Contacts: MEDIUM, 498px
25 * Fantastical: MEDIUM, 500px; Day view only, Week (510px), Month (516px), Quarter (524px), and Year (504px) are LARGE, though may vary by toolbar icons visible.
26
27 ## II
28
29 ### Developer Tools
30 * Console: LARGE, 600px
31 * Dash: LARGE, 800px
32 * Hex Fiend: TINY, 173px
33 * MultiPatch: MEDIUM, 452px
34 * RapidAPI: LARGE, 660px
35 * Script Debugger: MEDIUM, 500px
36 * SQLPro Studio: LARGE, 600px
37 * SF Symbols: MEDIUM, 467px
38 * Sloth: HUGE, 853px
39 * Thony: TINY, 73px
40 * WorldWideWeb: MEDIUM, 480px
41 * Zeal: LARGE, 558px
42
43 ### Diagramming
44 * Map: TINY, 227px
45 * Monodraw: LARGE, 700px
46 * OmniGraffle: HUGE, 865px
47
48 ### Document and Book Readers
49 * Adobe Digital Editions: LARGE, 700px
50 * Books: MEDIUM, 500px; Only when reading, the main window (1000px) is HUGE
51 * Calibre: TINY, 74px; Only when reading, the main window (570px) is LARGE
52 * Marked: SMALL, 400px
53 * Preview: LARGE, 708px
54
55 ## III
56
57 ### File Managers
58 * Finder: SMALL, 316px; Without sidebar, otherwise MEDIUM at 446px
59 * Transmission: SMALL, 350px
60 * Transmit: HUGE, 880px
61 * VeraCrypt: LARGE, 699px
62 * SoulSeekQt: LARGE, 778px
63
64 ### Home and Automation
65 * Automator: MEDIUM, 500px
66 * Home: LARGE, 515px
67 * Shortcuts: LARGE, 750px
68
69 ### IDEs
70 * Android Studio: SMALL, 340px; Welcome window (800px) is LARGE
71 * Max 8: TINY, 118px
72 * Xcode: HUGE, 960px
73
74 ## IV
75
76 ### Image/3D/Publishing
77 * Acorn: LARGE, 800px
78 * Affinity Designer 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
79 * Affinity Photo 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
80 * Affinity Publisher 2: MEDIUM, 500px; Preferences (800px) is LARGE and Account (1078px) is HUGE
81 * Blender: SMALL, 320px
82 * Dark Room: HUGE, 900px
83 * Glyphs Mini: MEDIUM, 450px
84 * Paintbrush: TINY, 200px; Though it has floating windows
85 * Photomator: HUGE, 980px
86 * Photos: LARGE, 750px
87 * Pixelmator Pro: LARGE, 800px
88 * Sketch: LARGE, 800px
89
90 ### Instant Messaging / Chat / Social Media
91 * Adium: TINY, 73px friend list, 200px chat; Some themes scroll at 200px
92 * Discord: HUGE, 940px
93 * Facetime: LARGE, 672px
94 * Ivory: SMALL, 378px
95 * Keybase: LARGE, 740px
96 * Last.fm Scrobbler: LARGE, 540px
97 * Legacy Scrobbler: LARGE, 640px
98 * Messages: MEDIUM, 434px
99 * Signal: LARGE, 680px
100 * Slack: LARGE, 668px
101 * Telegram: MEDIUM, 380px
102 * Textual: MEDIUM, 342px
103 * We: TINY, 74px
104
105 ## V
106
107 ### Marketplaces
108 * App Store: HUGE, 1000px
109 * Setapp: HUGE, 1100px
110 * Steam: HUGE, 1008px
111
112 ### Math
113 * Calculator: TINY, 232px; Programmer (398px) is SMALL, Scientific (574px) is LARGE
114 * PCalc: SMALL, 380px
115 * Numi: SMALL, 310px
116 * Soulver: LARGE, 730px
117
118 ### Note-taking
119 * Bear: SMALL, 300px; With Notes (570px) and Tags (752px) it's LARGE
120 * Notes: MEDIUM, 500px
121 * Obsidian: TINY, 200px
122 * Stickies: TINY, 54px
123
124 ### Office Software
125 * iA Presenter: LARGE, 700px
126 * Keynote: LARGE, 540px
127 * Mellel: MEDIUM, 456px
128 * Numbers: LARGE, 540px; The new window (760px) is also LARGE
129 * OmniPlan: LARGE, 740px
130 * Pages: LARGE, 640px
131
132 ## VI
133
134 ### Media Players
135 * IINA: SMALL, 286px
136 * Music: HUGE, 980px
137 * Odio: HUGE, 1000px
138 * Play: HUGE, 870px
139 * Podcasts: HUGE, 1000px
140 * QuickTime Player: SMALL, 326px
141 * Swinsian: HUGE, 870px
142 * XLD: LARGE, 640px
143
144 ### Mail
145 * Mail: SMALL, 360px with sidebar disabled; With layout column it's 550px
146 * MailMate: SMALL, 380px; Only with sources disabled, otherwise MEDIUM 488px
147
148 ### Music Making
149 * Ableton Live: LARGE, 800px
150 * Capo: LARGE, 777px
151 * GarageBand: SMALL, 400px
152 * Logic Pro: SMALL, 400px
153 * MuseScore: HUGE, 1050px
154 * Reason: HUGE, 972px; The Reason companion is 1200px
155
156 ### News Readers / Bookmarks
157 * NetNewsWire: LARGE, 585px
158 * News: HUGE, 860px
159 * Pins: LARGE, 515px
160 * Reeder: SMALL, 320px
161 * Unison: LARGE, 800px
162
163 ## VII
164
165 ### Password Managers
166 * 1password: LARGE, 784px
167 * Bitwarden: LARGE, 680px
168 * KeePassX: LARGE, 558px
169 * Passwords: LARGE, 668px
170 * Secrets: LARGE, 603px
171
172 ### Task Managers
173 * Do: TINY, 180px
174 * Reminders: SMALL, 350px
175 * Ritmo: TINY, 85px
176 * Things: SMALL, 400px
177
178 ### Terminal Emulators
179 * iTerm 2: TINY, 70px; Size depends on font, I got down to 7 columns
180 * Kitty: TINY, 22px; Size depends on font, I got down to 2 columns
181 * Terminal: TINY, 190px; Size depends on font, I got down to 20 columns
182
183 ### Text Editors
184 * Atom: TINY, 73px
185 * BBEdit: SMALL, 311px
186 * Byword: SMALL, 350px
187 * Inky: SMALL, 350px
188 * Nova: MEDIUM, 480px
189 * Scrivener: SMALL, 316px
190 * Sublime Text: TINY, 91px
191 * TextEdit: TINY, 159px; Can go smaller, but not for very long.
192 * Ulysses: LARGE, 555px
193 * Visual Studio Code: SMALL, 400px
194
195 ## VIII
196
197 ### Utilities
198 * Activity Monitor: LARGE, 740px
199 * CleanMyMacX: HUGE, 1120px
200 * Clock: LARGE, 600px
201 * CrystalFetch: LARGE, 800px
202 * DaisyDisk: LARGE, 800px
203 * DeepL: LARGE, 580px
204 * Delicious Library 3: LARGE, 800px
205 * Dictionary: SMALL, 400px
206 * Find My: HUGE, 980px
207 * Flighty: LARGE, 515px
208 * Font Book: SMALL, 350px
209 * Freeform: LARGE, 600px
210 * Gemini: HUGE, 1152px
211 * GPG Keychain: MEDIUM, 470px
212 * HP Smart: HUGE, 1024px
213 * Logitech G Hub: HUGE, 1024px
214 * Malwarebytes: HUGE, 888px
215 * Maps: LARGE, 660px
216 * ObinsKit: HUGE, 1200px
217 * Parcel: LARGE, 722px
218 * Photo Booth: LARGE, 600px
219 * Stapler: SMALL, 300px
220 * Stocks: HUGE, 860px
221 * Typeface: MEDIUM, 440px
222 * Voice Memos: LARGE, 752px
223 * Weather: HUGE 985px
224 * YubiKeyManager: TINY 74px. Technically! it doesn't show the content or scroll, more like MEDIUM 476px for the content view.
225
226 ### Video Editing / Streaming
227 * DaVinci Resolve: HUGE, 1445px
228 * iMovie: HUGE, 1280px
229 * OBS: HUGE, 867px
230
231 ### VPN
232 * NordVPN: HUGE, 902px